The presenter has denied all allegations which have appeared in an investigation by The Sunday Times

Comedian Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotionally abusing four women during the height of his fame.

The alleged assaults occurred between 2006 and 2013, while he was a presenter for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4, and include an assault on a 16-year-old girl.

He vehemently denied the “very serious criminal allegations” ahead of a Sunday Times article and an expected expose to be aired by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme tonight.

The allegations include crew members on his Big Brother spin-off being made to feel they were working as a “pimp” by approaching young women on his behalf, and that he raped a woman at his Los Angeles home.

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    262·
    1 year ago

    Most times the courts and authorities won’t give a shit unless you make a public stink about it. We just learned this from the Danny Masterson trial, which would never have happened if they women had only spoken to authorities and never went public

    • noodle@feddit.ukEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      The problem with that is that the public should never get to be judge, jury, and executioner. Rumour and gossip should not be the basis for something this severe.

      Brand has made more than enough money to live his life peacefully out of the public eye. The court of public opinion is only capable of ruining the wrong peoples’ lives, people who don’t have wealth and fame. The rich and powerful can uncancel themselves after a short period of exile, should they wish.

      • pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        36·
        1 year ago

        Who do you think comprises the judge, jury and executioner?

        Juries are random people chosen off the street.

        Judges are elected most of the time.

        Executioners in states that still have the death penalty are just workers.

        Everyone in government is a member of the public because that’s what a government is.